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Musical Instruments for EA schools and Music Centres

the Education Authority Published 29 Apr 2026 Find a Tender
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key details

Value£3,000,000 (£3,600,000 inc. VAT)
Statuscomplete
Category (CPV) 37000000 +10 more
RegionNorthern Ireland
Deadline28 Feb 2026
Procedureopen
SME suitableYes
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-054df3

Awards (6)

This procurement was awarded to 5 suppliers. Values shown are per-award; the notice total is £3,000,000.

SupplierValueDateStatus
FREDERICK HYDE LIMITED shared £250,000 30 Mar 2026 active
HAYDOCK MUSIC LIMITED shared £250,000 30 Mar 2026 active
Haydock Music Ltd shared £250,000 30 Mar 2026 active
NORMANS (BURTON UPON TRENT) LIMITED shared £250,000 30 Mar 2026 active
Normans (Burton upon Trent) Ltd shared £250,000 30 Mar 2026 active
not named shared · · active

description

The Education Authority (EA) invited tenders for the supply and delivery of Musical Instruments to individual schools and EA locations within Northern Ireland for a period of 4 years. This framework agreement is let by the Northern Ireland Education Authority ("EA") and is open to the EA, including NI educational bodies as follows and at some point, during the life of the framework agreement these bodies may wish to utilize the agreement and should have access, at any point, with the permission of EA. This framework agreement is not intended to replace any current contracts/framework agreements that participating or non-participating institutions may already have in place.

https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/services/schools-plus Primary and Post Primary schools under the control of the EA, Catholic Maintained Schools, Independent Schools in NI, Irish

Medium Schools in NI, both Controlled and Voluntary Grammar Schools, Nursery School

for NI (both controlled and Catholic Maintained), school meals kitchens on-site at all of these schools, and Controlled Youth Centre's. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/furthereducation-

fe-colleges Further Education Colleges in NI, https://www.nicie.org/parents/school-finder/ Grant Controlled Integrated Education

Schools in NI, https://www.isc.co.uk/schools/northern-ireland/ Independent School in NI,

Libraries NI: https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/, EA Teachers' and Educational Centre's, Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment NI (CCEA), Armagh

Observatory and Planetarium, Middletown Centre for Autism, Controlled Schools Support Council (CSSC), Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE), Pre-Schools

and Nurseries included within the EA's Pre-School Education Programme (PSEP)

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notice history

5 notices published against this procurement.

PublishedTypeRegimeNotice
17 Jun 2025 Preliminary market engagement (UK2) Procurement Act 2023 032822-2025
28 Jan 2026 Tender notice (UK4) Procurement Act 2023 007367-2026
26 Feb 2026 Tender notice (UK4) Procurement Act 2023 017583-2026
8 Apr 2026 Contract award (UK6) Procurement Act 2023 031995-2026
29 Apr 2026 Contract details (UK7) Procurement Act 2023 039052-2026

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